Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . iv—f—^~^^~I n. which ignites the primer. The flame communicates with a quick-match,hj extending radially across the fuze. The time composition is pressedinto a circular groove, t, Fig. 11, on the top of the shoulder. D, Fig. 9, 20 is a cover turned at will and clamped by the nut G. On the inside of Dis a groove, j, filled with quick-match. A fire-hole, fc, Fig. 19, also con-taining quick-composition, leads to this groove from a point at the bot-tom of the cover D. This point on the base of d corresponds to theindex mark on th
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . iv—f—^~^^~I n. which ignites the primer. The flame communicates with a quick-match,hj extending radially across the fuze. The time composition is pressedinto a circular groove, t, Fig. 11, on the top of the shoulder. D, Fig. 9, 20 is a cover turned at will and clamped by the nut G. On the inside of Dis a groove, j, filled with quick-match. A fire-hole, fc, Fig. 19, also con-taining quick-composition, leads to this groove from a point at the bot-tom of the cover D. This point on the base of d corresponds to theindex mark on the outside of the fuze. From this groove j there is afree passage to the base of the fuze, interrupted only by the safetydisk i, which is blown out in action by the flame on its way to the burst-ing-charge of the shell. The safety appliance in the percussion train seems less trustworthythan that of our Schenkel fuze, and the time arrangement appears verycomplicated. This fuze was employed later in the war by the battery of jointedmountain-gun accompanying the Indian Contingent. T
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